The Return of Solomon Kane

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By Stax

According to Variety, Solomon Kane will be coming soon to the big screen. New Line Cinema is developing a feature film based on the character created by Conan author Robert E. Howard. The project was pitched by scribes David Jung and Steve Dandois. Don Murphy (The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen) and Gregg Hoffman (Only You) will produce Kane along with the controllers of Howard's estate, Paul and Michael Berrow.

The trade claims the film follows the Puritan wanderer "to colonial America in a saga that weaves together elements from Howard's stories. Kane's heroic quest pits him against deadly human and occult forces as he seeks revenge on the shape-shifting sorcerer who destroyed his family."

Comics2Film reminds us that, like Howard's Conan, the character of Solomon Kane "enjoyed a run in various comic books with the bulk of his run being with Marvel. The character made its comic book debut in Marvel's horror mag Monsters Unleashed #1. He went on to face Dracula in Dracula Lives and appeared in numerous other comics. Most recently Wandering Star Press published The Savage Tales of Solomon Kane, reprinting the pulp novels with illustrations by Gary Gianni."